Outrigger rod



April 22, 1952 Filed Aug. 1, 1946 INVENTOR.

Patented Apr. 22, 1952 OUTRIGGER ROD .l'u'iian Erandall, Ashaway, R. 1.,assignor to Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. 00., a corporation of Rhode IslandApplicaticn August 1, 1946, Serial No. 687,585

53 Claims. 1

My present invention relates to outrigger rods, and has particularreference to a novel construction for providing strengthening and anincreased resilience.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an outrigger rodwith a resilient strengthening against bending strains.

Another object of the invention is to provide a resilient strengtheningwhich will not interfere with or otherwise afiect the desired movementof the outrigger rod.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a resilientstrengthening arrangement which can be readily attached to any outriggerrod.

A further object is to provide a resilient strengthening arrangement foran outrigger rod which may be economically manufactured.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, theinvention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosedin the detailed description following, in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, and more specifically defined in the claimsappended thereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a view of an outrigger rod of standard type and of rectangularcross-section, equipped with the novel resilient strengtheningarrangement;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modified constructionsuitable for a round outrigger rod.

It has been found desirable to provide an outrigger rod with a resilientstrengthening arrangement so that it will be strengthened for heavyfishing, without unduly increasing the weight, and without sacrificingany resilience. To this end, I have provided a guy wire arrangementwhich has novel supports for attaching to any standard type outriggerrod, and which has a plurality of spaced strengthening wires that may beindividually adjusted so that the outrigger rod is strengthened to adesired degree in all directions of bending, while increasing the totalresilience so that bending strains in the outrigger rod are reduced.

Referring to the drawings, the outrigger rod ill is of standard hollowtype, of rectangular or square cross-section, and has a butt end I lwhich is slotted as indicated at i2 to seat in a base (not shown) ofstandard type, the rod being tapered to its tip iii. I provide aplurality of supports I ia, l ib, I ic, Md, l le, and Mi, having basesI512, iEb, I50, ltd, Ida and I5) of metal or the like adapted to snuglyseat on the rod over bushings it of rubber or the like, the bases beingprogressively smaller, as illustrated.

The bases respectively have wire supports ilu, lib, ilc, lid, He and I7mounted therein, preferably of heavy wire or rod construction, eachsupport having a plurality of spaced sections 8 which have terminal eyesis, each section also having lugs in the form of rings 20 spaced at thesides of and below the terminal eyes 19. Strengthening wires 24 join thelugs or rings it to provide rigid supports of light weight, whereby guywires 22 may be threaded through the eyes I9 of the respective supports,as illustrated. The guy wires are secured to a metal cap 23 at theirupper ends which is mounted on the rod tip and secured in place by anysuitable means, such as a screw 24, and have turnbuckles 25 at theirlower ends which are locked to support screws 2% or the like secured tothe butt end ll of the rod.

It is preferred to form the supports ll of different sizes, asillustrated, the lowermost or butt end support ll'a being smaller thanthe next support lib, and the other supports being successively smaller,whereby the guy wires assume the shape illu trated in Fig. l and thusprovide the desired strengthening at the butt end of the rod, whileincreasing the resilience of the tip end of the rod.

If desired, the supports may be made adjustable for circular rods byforming as indicated by numeral 21 in Fig. 3, wherein the base 28 isround, and is formed of two hingedly connected portions 29, 33 whichseat around a bushing 3| and respectively have terminal flanges 32, 33adapted to be secured together by a manually turnable lock screw 36.This type of base will fit a wide range of circular rod sections, and issuitable for application to existin rods, whereas the square type ofbase shown in Fig, 2 is more suitable for production manufacture as aunit with the rod.

The adjustable type of support shown in 3 is preferably provided withform spaced bars each having a terminal eye 36, and the bars arepreferably joined at their outer ends by a wire or the like 31 which islocked to each bar as illustrated, whereby the guy wires passing throughthe terminal eyes 35 of the spaced supports are preferably supportedtherein.

Although I have described specific constructional embodiments of myinvention, it is obvious that changes in the size, shape, material andarrangement of the parts may be made to suit difierent strengtheningrequirements, without departing from the spirit and the scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, an outrigger rod, spaced supports on said rodcomprising bases mounted along the length of the rod, a resilientbushing positioned between each base and the contiguous rod portion eachbase having spaced sections 10 extending therefrom, said sections havingelements to slidably receive guy wires, and guy wires secured to theupper and lower ends of the rod and slidably seated in said section elements.

2. In combination, an outrigger rod, spaced supports on said rodcomprising bases mounted along the length of the rod, a resilientbushing positioned between each base and the contiguous 4 rod portioneach base having spaced sections extending therefrom, said sectionshaving terminal eyes to slidably receive guy wires, and guy wiressecured to the upper and lower ends of the rod and slidably seated insaid terminal eyes.

JULIAN T. CRANDALL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 287,881 Smith Nov. 6, 18832,459,198 St. John Jan. 18, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date412A3'T France of 1910

